Aug 20, 2012

Benediction: James 1: 17-27

Here’s a closing commission and benediction based on James 1:17-27, one of the suggested scripture readings for Proper 17 B (Ordinary 22 B) – the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost.It was written by Nathan Nettleton.

Commission & Benediction

(inspired by James 1:17-27)

Go out, and be doers of the Word.Cleanse your hearts of all pollution,be quick to listen and learn,welcome the Word that God implants in you,and bring it to birth in acts of righteousness and compassion.

And may God pour grace upon you and bless you forever;May Christ Jesus reveal to you the truth of God’s ways;and may the Holy Spirit fill your life with passion and love.

We go in peace to love and serve the Lord,In the name of Christ. Amen.

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About Me

The author Frederick Buechner once defined ‘vocation’ as “the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” I think I’m living that definition. I’ve spent the last three decades studying, pastoring, teaching and writing about worship, looking for ways to strengthen and deepen our corporate conversations with God. I’m still not sure how I landed up on this journey, and it certainly hasn’t always been easy. But I’ve never been able to escape the conviction that this is where God wants me, and this is the work I need to be doing.